Papers by Marie Gustafsson Sendén
Background: In the health care sector sickness presence is common, and especially among physician... more Background: In the health care sector sickness presence is common, and especially among physicians. Sickness presence is less studied than sickness absence but might have adverse effects for individual physicians, and for health care of patients (Wallace, et al, 2009). Previous research has shown that female physicians more often go to work while sick (Gustafsson et al., 2013). In this study, it is examined whether men and women also show different reasons for going to work while ill. Method and participants: The study was conducted within outpatient care in a large Swedish city (N = 283, women 64 %). The question studied were sickness presence in a long term perspective, during the last 12 months and reasons for going to work while sick (concern for colleagues; patients; workload; economy; and perceptions of own capability). Results: In a long-term perspective, women indicated that they went to work while sick more often than men, F (1,282) = 6.06, p = .014. Among the women, 37 % i...
BMC Public Health, 2014
Background: Physicians have an elevated risk of experiencing suicidal thoughts, which might be du... more Background: Physicians have an elevated risk of experiencing suicidal thoughts, which might be due to work-related factors. However, the hierarchical work positions as well as work-related health differ among resident and specialist physicians. As such, the correlates of suicide ideation may also vary between these two groups. Methods: In the present study, work-and health-related factors and their association with suicidal thoughts among residents (n = 234) and specialists (n = 813) working at a university hospital were examined using cross-sectional data. Results: Logistic regression analysis showed that having supportive meetings was associated with a lower level of suicide ideation among specialists (OR = 0.68, 95% CI: 0.50-0.94), while an empowering leadership was related to a lower level of suicide ideation among residents (OR = 0.55, 95% CI: 0.32-0.94). Having been harassed at work was associated with suicidal ideation among specialists (OR = 2.26, 95% CI: 1.31-3.91). In addition, sickness presenteeism and work disengagement were associated with suicide ideation in both groups of physicians. Conclusions: These findings suggest that different workplace interventions are needed to prevent suicide ideation in residents and specialists.
The ESM provides the descriptive statistics of the variables collected in the three studies
Personal pronouns represent important social categories; they are among the most common words in ... more Personal pronouns represent important social categories; they are among the most common words in communication and are therefore highly interesting in studying psychological perspectives and relati ...
Statistical Semantics
Semantic analyses are potentially important, but underutilized, tools to study social psychology.... more Semantic analyses are potentially important, but underutilized, tools to study social psychology. This chapter focuses on how semantic analysis, using personal pronouns, can be used to study important phenomena in social psychology. Personal pronouns can be used as proxies for social categories, and the semantic contexts associated to these pronouns can be used to study stereotypes and how groups are evaluated (Gustafsson Senden, M., Personal pronouns in evaluative communication. Stockholm University, Stockholm, 2014; Pennebaker, J. W., The secret life of pronouns: What our words say about us. Bloomsbury Press, New York, NY, 2011). In this chapter, we exemplify this within three well-known social psychology phenomena; gender stereotypes, self-bias, and group-serving bias. The semantic analyses target both content and evaluations of these social categories.
In 2015, a gender-neutral pronoun (‘hen’) was introduced in Swedish as a complement to ‘hon’ (she... more In 2015, a gender-neutral pronoun (‘hen’) was introduced in Swedish as a complement to ‘hon’ (she) and ‘han’ (he). Adding a gender-neutral pronoun differs from previous gender-fair language reforms ...
Background: Medical academics are trained as medical practitioners’ and scientists. Their high wo... more Background: Medical academics are trained as medical practitioners’ and scientists. Their high workload combined with concern for patients and colleagues, and responsibilities associated to family- and social life can compromise sufficient self-care, restitution and rest. Exposure to high, and often, conflicting demands can compromise physicians work satisfaction, health and wellbeing. Growing evidence points to major negative consequences of physician’s ill-health to healthcare systems by affecting recruitment and retention of physicians, workplace productivity and efficiency, and quality of patient care and patient safety in terms of medical errors, recovery and treatment adherence. No sufficiently powered, comprehensive international study that include different levels of organizational data, have by now documented.Aim: A sufficiently powered international longitudinal study with different type of organizational data on determinants in the organization, work environment, manageme...
A gender-fair language reform in Swedish led to the implementation of the gender-neutral pronoun ... more A gender-fair language reform in Swedish led to the implementation of the gender-neutral pronoun 'hen'. As arguments against the implementation, people argued that 'hen' was biased (some argued 'he ...
Introduction Gender-fair language reforms adopt several strategies to reduce gender bias in langu... more Introduction Gender-fair language reforms adopt several strategies to reduce gender bias in language. An example is neutralization (changing ‘chairman’ to ‘chairperson’). A gender-neutral pronoun is another example of neutralization, which also aims to reduce the binary gendering and to include individuals not identifying themselves as either ‘she’ or ‘he’. This study investigates attitudes to and use of the gender-neutral pronoun ‘hen’, which was recently implemented in the Swedish language, and exists parallel to the two gendered pronouns ‘hon’ (she) and ‘han’ (he).
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